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OPINION

Wis. future depends on electing Burke

EDITOR: It is hard to believe that anyone would “stand by” a governor who has done as much damage to our state as has Gov. Scott Walker. Claims that he is fiscally responsible simply ignore the facts. Walker has consistently robbed Peter to pay Paul, cutting aid to our communities and schools while giving huge tax breaks to corporations and the wealthy. A recent study showed that over his term, Walker’s fiscal policies will cost working families almost $70 million — while showering $610 million in tax breaks on big corporations, including some not in Wisconsin.

And have all these financial shenanigans led to more jobs? Hardly. Those 250,000 jobs Walker promised are nowhere in sight. Our state now ranks dead last in Midwest job creation.

Fiscally responsible? One small example of what is going on statewide: The Leo Frigo Memorial Bridge in Green Bay began to sag several years ago and Walker refused the funds to repair it. Now the bridge will cost millions to fix — the cost of putting off necessary maintenance. Walker obviously doesn’t support necessary maintenance of our infrastructure, our jobs or our well-being. He kicked thousands of low-income families off BadgerCare rather than accept over $4 million of federal money for the program. And he turned down $38 million from the federal government that would have implemented a state health exchange under the Affordable Care Act. Walker also refused $810 million of federal stimulus money to build a high-speed rail line between Milwaukee and Madison. Think of the jobs that would have created.

The man has left a trail of destruction throughout the state: limiting the right to vote for hundreds of thousands of citizens, destroying unions which have protected worker’s rights, eliminating regulations which have been safeguards for our air and water, using taxpayer money to fund private schools at the expense of our public schools — the list goes on.

Our state’s future depends on ending Walker’s dog and pony show and electing Mary Burke, a woman of integrity who truly cares about Wisconsin’s well-being. Please vote for her on Tuesday.